St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-04-14
tory was being taken the choir sang
"This is the day" The pastor, Rev.
+. E. Dawson preached the sermon.
At the Baptist Church.

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+. E. Dawson preached the sermon.
At the Baptist Church.
Easter Sunday was well observed at
the Baptist church on Railroad street.
In the morning Rev. Mr.. Sanford
preached an Easter sermon from Matt.
%: 6. ''He is risen." The church
was handsomely decorated with plants
and flowers. In the evening the Sun
day school gave an Easter concert, the
church being. filled with the friends of
the pupils. The exercises were con-
Quoted by superintendent Sprague and
consisted of recitatiOns, songs, respOn-
sive readings, etc., and were very in
teresting.
| At the Catholic Church.
The sombre drapings of passion
week at the Catholic church gave way
on Sunday to the bright Easter flowers.
Services were held at the usual hours
attended by large crowds. Father
Boissonnault officiated and the servi-
ces WIRE very interesting and impress
sive.
At the Y. M. C. A.
Rev. w. r. Laird preached at the as
ISOLATION hall Sunday afternoon on the
power of the resurrection. E. A. Sils-
by sang and good audience of young
men participated in the service.
Fast Day Services.
Services were held on Fast day in
the Free Baptist church, Rev. F. E..
Dawson preaching the sermon. The
church was well filled. After prayer
by Rev. G.. M. LamsOn came the SER
mon, Mr.. Dawson taking his text from
Deut. 22:8, "When thou buildest a
new house, then thou shalt make a bat
not blood upon thine house, if any man
fall from thence" The sermon was a
vigorous presentation of some of the
precautions needed to be taken by the
people of this land to properly guard
against threatening evils. The United
States is the new house into which the
tenants have moved before it is COM
pleted. Among the battlements that
should be made for the roof of this
new house four were named U) A
battlement for the protection of the
the Sunday paper, Sunday travel, I'M
necessary labor, etc., were discussed.
| (2) Another for the protection of the
sanctity of the marriage relation. Here
the divorce question was ably discus
sed. (3) Another battlement to be
made is that of prohibition; the enforce
ment of prohibitory laws where they
exist and the passage of such laws
where there are none. (4) Finally
there is needed to be built the battle
ment of faith, Il saving faith in the re-
ligion of Christ. Each point was
| briefly but clearly stated and the SER
mon was very appropriate and help
full one.
The Methodist Conference.
The Add annual session of the YER
mont conference of the Methodist Epis-
cOpal church begins next Wednesday
with the Methodist church in this
place and continues until the following
Monday. Bishop John NJ. Walden, d.
D., will preside as president of the con
ference. AS many of the sessions OF
the conference will be of general inter
est the order of exercises is given en-
tire with the speakers:
Wednesday, April 40.
900 a. m. Examination of classes
100 p. m. Conference sermon by VIC. Robin
Thursday, April Fl.
900 a. m. Opening of conference. Sacrament OF
Lords supper conducted by Bishop Walden fol
lowed by organization and business session.
| 200 p. Missionary sermon by A. j. HOugh.
$50 p. m. Anniversary of w. F. NJ. S. DIR. j
NJ. Theburn.
| 500 p. M. Statistical sermon.
6.45 p m. Revival service. A L. Cooper
7.I5p.m. Missionary ami gersary. G. L. Wells,
81. w. Worthen, w. d. Malcolm, DIR. j. M. Tho
burn.
Friday, April ~.
$50 a. m. Opening of conference by half hour OF
| prayer service.
ilton, j. t. Baxendale, j. R. Freeman, F. II. Bart
| lett.
$50 D. M Anniversary of N E. Education soci-
ETY.. w. M. ellis, M. P. Bell, A B. Enright.
Gas D. m. Revival service. A. B. Truax.
7.45p. m. Anniversary of Ch.sExt. society. DR.
| w. A. Spencer.
Saturday, April 81.
$50 a. Opening of conference session by
prayer service.
2.O0p m. Anniversary of w. Fl. NJ. S. Mrs
| Angie Newman.
$50 p. m. Temperance anniversary. p. N
Granger, C. II. Sweat, C. p Taplin.
Gas p. m. Revival service. E. Snow.
7.45pm. Anniversary Freedmens aid society
j. Thurston L. Todd, C. wedgewaith DR.. R. S
Rust.
Sunday, April "A.
$50 a. m. Conference love feast. FL. A. Spen
Ger.
1890 a. m. Sermon by Bishop Walden followed
by the ordination of deacons.
200 p. m Memorial services followed by thu
ordination of elders.
100 p. M Revival service. 81. A. Spencer
Monday, April %.
$50 a. m. Conference session.
A correspondent of the Boston Jour
nal says the conference promises to be
: of unusual interest. New men must
be stationed at Montpelier, st. Johns
bury, Barre, Bellows Falls, Brattle.
bOrO and other important places. TAX
en- as II whole, the number of new APP
pointments to be made is very large
Twenty-Five men have reached the